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EARLY AMERICAN CULTURE
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In this section, you will learn what began to draw the
colonies together.
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Land ownership in the colonies created prosperity, was
required for voting, and helped determine colonist’s social
position.
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Although women were essential to the colonial economy, women were not allowed to own land, vote, preach in most churches, and by law, even the money she
earned belonged to her husband.
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In the colonies, children as young as three or four were expected to be useful. At the age of six, boys began to help their fathers at work. Around age 11 many boys left home to become apprentices in a trade.
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Education was very important in the colonies. Most children learned to read; wealthier children
also learned writing and arithmetic. Most education was religious in nature. It was illegal to
teach slaves to read.
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One of the most famous examples of the New England Primer’s verse is as
follows:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep;
If I should die before I wake,
I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.
—1784 ed.
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Newspapers and books, mostly printed in England, helped draw the colonies together. Among these, almanacs
containing farm advice, remedies, recipes, etc., were
very popular.
Haste makes waste .
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FOR UNDERSTANDING
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It was ______ to teach slaves to read.
• 1) required
• 2) illegal
• 3) immoral
• 4) common
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Land ownership in the colonies included all of the following except:
• 1) Created prosperity
• 2) Gave women an economic advantage
• 3) Was required for voting
• 4) Helped determine colonist’s social position
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Most children in the colonies learned to:
• 1) read and write
• 2) read
• 3) write
• 4) spell
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In the colonies, many boys left home to become ______ in a trade.
• 1) priests
• 2) journeymen
• 3) artisans
• 4) apprentices
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______ containing farm advice, remedies, recipes, etc., were
very popular.
• 1) Magazines
• 2) Catalogs
• 3) Newspapers
• 4) Almanacs
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______ helped draw the colonies together.
• 1) Kinship
• 2) A common religion
• 3) Newspapers and books
• 4) Bibles and tracts
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In the colonies most education was ______ in nature.
• 1) classical
• 2) aristocratic
• 3) religious
• 4) secular
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Of the following choices, which were colonial women allowed to do:
• 1) Preach in most churches
• 2) Vote
• 3) Own land
• 4) Work
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In the early 1730s and 1740s, a religious movement called the
Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Traveling ministers preached that inner religious emotion was more
important than outward religious behavior.
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The Great Awakening changed colonial nature by splitting churches apart, inspiring
colonists to help others, and encouraging colonists to
question the authority of the British government.
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Two of the best-known preachers of the Great
Awakening were Jonathan Edwards, and George
Whitefield.
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Jonathan Edwards
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George Whitefield
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The Great Awakening cont.•It lasted for years•sermons appealed to the heart and drew large crowds•It changed colonial culture•Congregations argued over
religious practices and often split apart•People left their old churches and joined other Protestant groups such as Baptists.
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Unlike the Great Awakening, which stressed religious
emotion, the Enlightenment emphasized reason and science
as the paths to knowledge.
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The Enlightenment Began in Europe
•Scientists discovered natural laws governing the universe•Isaac Newton explained the law of gravity
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Benjamin Franklin was a famous American
Enlightenment figure, and was also the author of Poor
Richard’s Almanac.
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Franklin in 1783, an engraving from a
painting by Joseph Duplessis.
Accomplishments:
•Proved that lightning is a form of electricity•Invented lightning rods to protect buildings•Invented the Franklin stove•Invented bifocal glasses•Organized a fire department•Organized a lending library•Helped draft the Declaration of Independence
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The English philosopher John Locke argued that people have
natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Locke contended that people create governments to protect their natural rights
and if a government fails in this duty, the people have the right
to change it.
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John Locke
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FOR UNDERSTANDING
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A religious movement called the ______ changed colonial nature in
the 1700s.
• 1) American Revolution
• 2) Great Awakening
• 3) Protestant Reformation
• 4) Enlightenment
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The Great Awakening:
• 1) had little effect on the colonies or colonial life.
• 2) suggested that science, rather than religion, was the source of knowledge.
• 3) was a religious movement that started in England and spread to the colonies.
• 4) encouraged colonists you question the authority of the British government.
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The ______ emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge.
• 1) Enlightenment
• 2) Articles of Confederation
• 3) Great Awakening
• 4) Separation of Powers
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The English philosopher ______ argued that people have natural
rights to life, liberty, and property.
• 1) Benjamin Franklin
• 2) John Locke
• 3) Jonathan Edwards
• 4) Charles Louis Montesquieu
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______ was a famous American Enlightenment figure, and was also
the author of Poor Richard’s Almanac.
• 1) John Locke
• 2) Thomas Jefferson
• 3) Richard Dawkins
• 4) Benjamin Franklin
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Two of the best-known preachers of the Great Awakening were______ .
• 1) George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards
• 2) John Locke and Jonathan Whitefield
• 3) Jonathan Whitefield and George Washington
• 4) John Locke and Charles Montesquieu
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